There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.

You sometimes find something good in the lunatic fringe. In fact, we have got as part of our social and economic government today a whole lot of things which in my boyhood were considered lunatic fringe, and yet they are now part of everyday life.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Taxes, after all, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.

It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and to distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.

Above all, try something.

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.